I don’t know what was more disturbing and exasperating about the murder, the killing itself or the seeming indifference in the community to it. The […]
Author: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
South L.A.’s garbage mountains are a public health outrage: The Hutchinson Report
At three separate spots in South Los Angeles, I gaped in awe, even shock, at what I saw. The spectacle was the endless sea of […]
Epstein-Trump links fuel speculation but lack smoking gun: The Hutchinson Report
Documented pedophile, sex trafficker, business dealing con artist Jeffrey Epstein was found dangling in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City […]
Why won’t L.A. disclose hundreds of Men’s Central Jail deaths?: The Hutchinson Report
The day after I read a report by the Vera Institute of Justice on the astronomical number of deaths in the Los Angeles County Jail, I […]
L.A. must address poverty in Black community alongside immigrant aid: The Hutchinson Report
Within the space of 24 hours last week, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the county Board of Supervisors announced a package of aid and […]
Trump and the GOP’s never-ending assault on Medicaid: The Hutchinson Report
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ assault on Medicaid is nothing new. During Trump’s first term he reneged on his campaign pledge that he wouldn’t […]
It’s time for Newsom to shut down California’s death row for good: Hutchinson Report
On June 2, I stood on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall, calling on the City Council to back California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call […]
ICE raids empty South L.A. businesses as fear drives customers away: The Hutchinson Report
On June 18, I stood in the parking lot of a popular swap meet and shopper’s mall in South L.A. Normally, the parking lot would […]
Debate grows over Black participation in Los Angeles immigration protests: The Hutchinson Report
It took no time for the video to go viral. The video caught a handful of Latino immigrant protesters in Los Angeles purportedly shouting the […]
President Trump has become the ‘Inciter in Chief’: The Hutchinson Report
On June10, I was at the National Guard deployment facility on Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles. The National Guard quickly took the ground and […]